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The Dharma of Right Livelihood

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Episode Description: In this dharma talk, Maia Duerr follows up from her previous talk, “The Dharma of Money,” going into more detail on this diverse and timely topic. She explores traditional Buddhist teachings on livelihood and then jumps ahead 2,500 years– what is similar and what’s different between the time of The Buddha and now? She discusses her own Six Keys to Right Livelihood and asks, “what is meant by right?” Believing that “whole, complete and integrated” are more appropriate translations of the original Pali word, sammā. She completes her talk by looking deeply at our relationship to money and livelihood, applying her Six Keys to the questions of, “what is our work to do?” and “what is the way where our work is most wholesome for ourselves, as well as providing service to the world?”

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Maia directed Upaya's Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program from its inception in 2008 to 2014 and continues to serve on Upaya's Engaged Buddhism faculty. She also serves as a Practice Mentor for Upaya.

Maia is an anthropologist, writer, and editor. In 2012, she received lay ordination from Roshi Joan Halifax as a lay Buddhist chaplain. She is also a student in the Soto Zen lineage of Suzuki Roshi, and has lived and practiced at the San Francisco Zen Center where she received jukai from Victoria Shosan Austin in 2008.

From 2004-2008, Maia worked at the Buddhist Peace Fellowship where she served as executive director and editor of Turning Wheel magazine.

From 2002-2004, Maia was the research director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she led a study on the use of meditation and other contemplative practices in secular settings. She is the author of a number of articles on this topic, including "The Contemplative Organization," published in the Journal of Organizational Change Management.

You can learn more about Maia's work and her writings on her website: www.maiaduerr.com.

2 Responses to The Dharma of Right Livelihood

Thank u M!!!my job has only recently become negative because we are being forced to wear black,everyday except Wednesdays…when we are forced to wear white!!!i believe it has affected me…health wise and i no longer enjoy going to work, even though i love my job as counselor to architecture and design students.
i am offering support to 17-25 yr olds and very meaningful ,wholesome and satisfying!!
But im struggling to get used to this…